Back in May, it was confirmed that Jake Gyllenhaal joined the cast of Spider-Man: Far From Home as Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio. Now, he’s having a little fun with the role on his newly-minted Instagram account. In the video post, he’s holding an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man — rather appropriately, Issue 334: “The Return of The Man Called Mysterio!” — and says, “Whoa. What…

‘Tis the season for top music lists. Every music source has their idea of top artists, albums, and songs for the year — but Apple Music is an excellent indicator of the music that best represents 2018. According to the popular streaming service (and it’s hard to argue) Drake is coming out on top. He holds the title for most…

A Laguna Beach sculptor who has been trying for years to build an artist work/live complex on Laguna Canyon Road is suing the California Coastal Commission and 33 of its current and former members and employees for withholding his development permit and demanding that he reimburse legal fees from…

In today’s edition of totally unexpected collaborations, rapper Juice WRLD and Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie have linked up for a new song. It’s dubbed “Roses” and also features Benny Blanco, a producer and songwriter whose credits include Rihanna, Sia, and The Weeknd. While nobody may have ever been able to predict such a team-up, the meeting of these…

Pinegrove emerged from their year-long hiatus back in September with a brief run of 2018 tour dates and a new album, Skylight. The follow-up to their breakthrough debut Cardinal was originally planned for 2017, but accusations of sexual coercion against lead singer Evan Stephens Hall led the band to take an “extended period of time off the road.” After a successful digital release of the LP…

Gianni Blu‘s infectious anthem “Work It” has been making booties move across the globe for a few months now and if it hasn’t crossed your radar just yet, don’t worry — it’s still making waves. First, came “Work It.” Then, came a movement. Dancer Vanesa Seco started a shuffling challenge to the song using the hashtag #WorkItAllNightChallenge. Soon enough, the song took off…

Cardi B surprised fans when she announced that she and Offset had split. Now more details are emerging on what may have led to their sudden breakup. Alleged text messages, obtained by TMZ, have leaked showing that Offset was interested in a threesome…and it didn’t include his wife. Offset allegedly texted a woman who goes by Summer Bunni asking her…

Fresh off his Saturday Night Live debut this past weekend, Anderson .Paak returned to TV screens on Tuesday with not one, but two different late-night appearances. .Paak first guested on The Daily Show, where he performed a groovy, chilled out rendition of “Anywhere” from his newly released Oxnard album. He also sat down for a brief chat with host Trevor Noah, discussing the origins of his…

The Los Angeles City Council granted historic-cultural monument status to two former Los Angeles Times buildings in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday — rejecting a bid by preservationists to include a third structure standing in the path of a proposed real estate development. The unanimous decision…

The world’s drum &bass overlords are at it again. Dutch trio Noisia has resurfaced to deliver a sweltering drum &bass track by the name of “Deep Down.” The long-running act has tapped an artist who’s been in the game equally as long for this latest release: German producer Phace. These frequent collaborators work compellingly together, melding their stellar production talents…

The career of Bob Dylan lends itself to tall tales. For Jeff Slate, that tendency comes straight from the man himself. “He walked into Morris Levy’s office in 1961 and dictated a biography, as he tells it in Chronicles, that was completely fiction,” Slate said. “The dead parents, the living in boxcars, all these odd jobs he’d had driving a…